STATE v. GOFORTH

No. 8228SC158.

297 S.E.2d 128 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Howard GOFORTH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., John R.B. Matthis, for the State.

Asst. Appellate Defender Marc D. Towler, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


HILL, Judge.

The defendant was found guilty of the attempted first-degree rape of his 10-year old stepdaughter in violation of G.S. § 14-27.6. The issues before us involve the propriety of the trial court's admission of evidence of defendant's prior sexual misconduct and the propriety of the trial court's imposition of a sentence in excess of the presumptive prison term prescribed by G.S. § 15A-1340.4(f). This Court finds no error.

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